CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL
Bal Grewal
Lawyer and business owner focused on taxes, responsible growth, traffic and safe public spaces.
Nomination checked September 28, 2026. Earlier platform and record research: September 8, 2026. Recent statements show their own review dates.
Experience & background
Lawyer and founder of BSG Law. Ran for council in 2022; also pursued a BC United nomination in 2023, according to the announcement report. [71]
Issue positions
Campaign proposals are attributed positions. A blank area is an information gap, never an assumed vote against an issue.
Housing & growth
Supports a range of affordable housing and growth paced with infrastructure and amenities. [70]
Would pause major new high-density development in underserviced areas until road, sewer and stormwater capacity is budgeted and built. Also proposes long-term, zero-cost City land leases for nonprofit, co-operative and seniors’ housing. [70]
Safety & homelessness
Prioritizes safe public spaces and a more responsive approach to neighbourhood concerns. [70]
Would expand auxiliary foot and bicycle patrols, work with Interior Health on clinician-accompanied Car 51 responses, and offer matching grants for business security improvements. [70]
Transportation
Calls for traffic improvements and infrastructure that keeps up with growth. [70]
Proposes express shuttles connecting suburbs with downtown, the central transit exchange and UBCO, working with BC Transit. Also calls for safer pedestrian and cycling crossings along the Rail Trail. [70]
Taxes & spending
Would review spending to limit tax increases; no numerical ceiling was verified. [70]
Business & jobs
Emphasizes business confidence and the role of the local economy. [70]
Accountability
Advocates transparent governance and accessible City Hall. [71]
Climate, land & water
Mentions climate resilience, lakefront access and protecting neighbourhood character. [70]
Community & services
Review status not recorded for this section. Missing information does not establish a position. Submit information or a correction ↗
Recent public statements
What the candidate has said publicly, with links to the original sources.
Safety and housing operations · Candidate questionnaire
Advocates provincial involuntary care for people in severe mental-health or addiction crises, integrated police and bylaw patrols, and recovery-focused housing. Wants binding good-neighbour agreements for supportive housing, with operating consequences for non-compliance, and opposes concentrating low-barrier supportive housing in Rutland.
Candidate-written Capital News response; separate from the OKLV questionnaire. These are campaign proposals, not verified outcomes.
Read the original source ↗Public safety · Campaign website
Proposes more street patrols, trail lighting and business security grants. Supports targeted repeat-offender enforcement and provincial advocacy for expanded involuntary care for severe mental-health, brain-injury and addiction crises.
Healthcare and bail proposals involve senior governments and justice authorities; no City control is asserted.
Read the original source ↗Growth, parks & transportation · Campaign website
Would pause major high-density approvals in under-serviced areas until infrastructure is budgeted and built, and direct high-rises to commercial transit corridors. Supports developer-funded parks, waterfront access, tree canopy, trail connections, targeted road upgrades and BC Transit express shuttles.
Campaign proposals; Highway 97 and transit changes require partners. No costs or approvals verified.
Read the original source ↗Taxes & spending · Campaign website
Proposes a department performance review, property-tax rates capped to core municipal inflation indexes, open digital procurement and adjustments to parking, licensing and recreation fees to shift the tax burden away from residential property owners.
No numeric tax target or independently verified savings are asserted.
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Voting record
Selected decisions, not a complete voting history. Follow each record for the full motion. Historical votes do not automatically establish current views.
No elected public-office tenure was identified in the reviewed sources. No voting record is attributed. Campaigns, employment and community-board service are not legislative votes.
No individual voting records have been verified for this section. Submit information or a correction ↗
Business & finances
Public business & professional interests
Public professional interests include BSG Law and work in business and real estate. This identifies a professional connection, not specific municipal clients or a complete personal portfolio. [71]
Personal net worth
No reliable, dated net-worth disclosure was verified in the reviewed sources. Business roles, real-estate interests, public remuneration and campaign donations cannot establish personal net worth. Submit information or a correction ↗
Campaign finances
Campaign receipts and expenses are separate from personal wealth. Historical Kelowna campaign filings can be searched at Elections BC. The City lists January 15, 2027 as the 2026 campaign disclosure deadline. [8][2]
Politics & broader policy
Political alignment & party history
Sought BC United nomination
Reporting identifies his 2023 effort to seek a BC United nomination. A nomination bid does not establish a current party affiliation or federal Liberal membership. [71]
Broader public & foreign policy
Dated personal statements, historical campaigns and organizational positions are distinguished below.
The 2023 provincial nomination effort is historical political involvement; it is not evidence of a current municipal party affiliation or endorsement of every party policy. [71]
Review status not recorded for this section. Missing information does not establish a position. Submit information or a correction ↗
This collection is selective. It does not claim to capture every interview, speech, social post or position held over a lifetime.
Contact & follow
Public links from the candidate’s campaign or an official directory.
Current campaign website and social links checked against the City directory October 4, 2026; campaign email verified on that website. Earlier campaign contacts remain in source history.
Not yet verified: phone. This does not mean the candidate has no account or contact channel.
Contact sources · checked September 13, 2026 (City directory base); later checks noted individually; older campaign contacts retain their original source
Campaign-linked accounts are listed as supplied by the campaign or election directory. Links and contact details can change; availability or a reply is not guaranteed.
Research gaps & questions
What still needs an answer
- No detailed project timetable or independently costed platform verified.
- Recently reviewed statements appear separately; individual social-post, biography and voting research remains incomplete.
Questions worth asking
Editorial questions, not statements attributed to the candidate.
- Which tax and traffic measures would be the first priorities?
- How would legal and property-related business interests be managed in council decisions?
Sources & references
7 relevant sources · original publication and review dates appear below. Nomination checked September 28, 2026. Campaign pages describe what a candidate says; official records establish recorded actions.
Photo: Submitted/BSG Law via iNFOnews.ca
View original image · Checked September 6, 2026. Caption states Credit: Submitted/BSG Law. No photo-specific reuse permission found. Photograph published in 2023; current candidacy is documented separately.
- 1City of Kelowna — officially declared 2026 candidates
Official record · Declared September 18, 2026; declaration reviewed October 1, 2026. Campaign-directory links were separately captured September 28, 2026.
kelowna.ca - 71Castanet — Grewal announces another council run
Reporting · June 24, 2026
castanetkamloops.net - 138Reviewed public statement — Safety and housing operations
Campaign · October 10, 2026; reviewed October 13, 2026
kelownacapnews.com - 300Reviewed public statement — Public safety
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 4, 2026
balforkelowna.ca - 301Reviewed public statement — Growth, parks & transportation
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 4, 2026
balforkelowna.ca - 302Reviewed public statement — Taxes & spending
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 4, 2026
balforkelowna.ca - 70Bal Grewal — campaign priorities
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated
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